The Aesthetic Dimension: Toward A Critique Of Marxist Aesthetics by Herbert Marcuse

The Aesthetic Dimension is a response to previous writings within critical theory on the subject of art, notably those of Walter Benjamin and Theodor Adorno. Marcuse rejected Benjamin's call in "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" for the politicization (i. e. , a literal reflection of perceived political realities) of modern, reproducible art both to reflect the state of a society and to incite change. Like both Benjamin and Adorno, Marcuse believed that art promises resistance to societal repression, and that a cultural revolution is necessarily connected to a political or social revolution. Adorno (as represented mainly by his posthumous Aesthetic Theory) and Marcuse agreed that this possibility must be realized through artistic detachment and symbolism.

Publisher:	Macmillan
Year:	1979
Binding:	Paperback
ISBN:	9780333266748
Condition:	Good
Description:	Foxing to inside cover and end papers; cover sunned. Owner's name on inside cover.

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SKU: 1602190
Location: Philosophy